Wolverinebass

Im glad that melted plastic whale shaped single cuts won't be something you'll be doing! The less of them the better. It was mainly just about say changing electronics. For example, Hamers are (mainly) DC35s and a EMG BTS system. They did a few explorers and if one were to want something more akin to that than say Gibson type pickups. That was really where I was going. Or wiring the dual outputs more like a Rick with one being stereo and the other mono as another example which if the bass remained passive isn't that difficult. Frankly, I think your work is fantastic and were I to be in the market, I'd definitely be up for ordering from you.

When times were hard and I had to downsize my bass collection, I rented it out to the US military to facilitate their extra judicial rendition programme.

I appreciate that @Basvarken you're a Gibson person. How custom are you prepared to go? Is the basses being active possible? Custom circuits? Is putting say a pair of EMG's in something that might be considered for example? It's just a question. They're spectacular instruments by the way.

I remember playing an old 50's era precision about 5 years ago. My friend had raved about how good it was. It cost at the time about 10 or 12 grand. Well, it was a piece of crap. The pickup was massively wooly and it was also clear to me that the action wasn't really going to come down in any way to a level I'd be happy with. I'm happy to say that he gets a great deal of joy out of it and of course I never said anything about my misgivings. Like everything you could say "you could buy however many basses I actually like for that!!" as a rebuttal, but in truth, it doesn't matter as long as it does it for you. I have basses I don't play much, but that's mainly because the projects I'm doing or have been doing don't suit them. Not because I'm trying to build up some massive collection to store in a temperature controlled, secirity guarded aircraft hanger.

Double post.

Yeah, I do remember it has a Neve preamp. Personally, I've never played a Dingwall that I liked the sound of, though I grant his did sound better than the usual personality free, insipid tone Dingwalls usually have. Not massively though.

Absolutely nothing. It's a standard 3 pickup Dingwall with active and passive circuit.

A great day and so many thanks to be given. Both the Paul's and Gary for organising, @nikon F for very kindly giving me a lift. Lastly, many thanks to @silverfoxnik for his more than generous comments on my playing. It was great to catch up with peeps, try new basses and meeting new people as these bashes always are.

A few years ago, I played an Elf at the SE bass Bash. I literally laughed at it. We tried it through different cabs and my conclusion was that unless you were using an 8x10 (which negates using such a small amp!), or were playing a coffee shop gig it was so underpowered as to be ridiculous. I was red lining the thing the whole way and it was barely getting anything that resembled decent volume.

That video reminds me of the insane video where Gibson drove a massive JCB over all their surplus guitars with all the pickups and hardware still installed. Still, that bloke who picked all of that G&L stuff out of the skip can now set himself up on ebay he's got so much gear.

Is anyone going to be driving through Reading so I don't have to sit on a rail replacement bus for 45 minutes? Just for the records.

The last person who did that to me asked why I was playing "such a crap bass and not a precision." I was playing an Alembic. That was about 15 years ago. It didn't end well as I lamped him. Not for that comment, but for some others which were much more offensive.

I would imagine brandishing some sort of club or weapon will make them pay for the rehearsal. Oh, sorry, everyone is talking about organisation.

I think that model is 600W. I toyed with getting one of them about 20 years ago, but the weight put me off. I think the joke is that Ashdown recently launched the new ABM range and the 4x10 are still 35kg and they're trying to charge £1300 for them. It's almost like time has stood still and chiropractic costs have come down.

That will have a horrible neck profile for it. That's before you get to all the other nonsense that would have to be done to it to convert it. If you're going to get one, just get a proper one. Either the Schecter Dug Pinnick or get Brooks to make one that has EMG DC's and BTS system in it. Then you're in full Hamer territory. Job done.